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To Taiwan June 1 1967, renamed An Yang.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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67k | Photo #: NH 48586. Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, USN photograph taken during the later 1880s. During 1885-87, while holding the rank of Commodore, he was Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard. Courtesy of the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, February 1935. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Kimberly as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 89k | Undated, location unknown. | Charles Good | |
| 138k | Undated, location unknown. Probably taken from the deck of LST 647 somewhere around Okinawa. | Terry Smith | |
| 137k | Amidships looking aft plan view of the USS Taylor (DD 468) in San Francisco on 20 Jan 1944. The USS Kimberly (DD 521) is at the opposite pier with an unidentified oiler to the on opposite side of Kimberly. | Darryl Baker | |
| 98k | Bow on view of USS Kimberly (DD 521) departing Mare Island on 6 Oct 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 101k | Broadside view of USS Kimberly (DD 521) off Mare Island on 6 Oct 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 94k | Stern view of USS Kimberly (DD 521) departing Mare Island on 6 Oct 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 108k | Forward plan view of USS Kimberly (DD 521) outboard of USS Young (DD 580) at Mare Island on 26 June 1945. | Darryl Baker | |
| 159k | Aft plan view of USS Kimberly (DD 521) outboard of USS Young (DD 580) at Mare Island on 26 June 1945. | Darryl Baker | |
| 170k | USS Kimberly (DD-521), looking forward, while the ship was at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 26 June 1945. Note the cap of her forward smokestack, and the antenna for her SC-2 air search radar atop the foremast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph from the collections of the U.S. National Historical Center. Photo # NH 99746. | Robert Hurst | |
| 78k | Taken while underway 5 October 1945 from the U.S.S. Missouri. | Greg Skidmore | |
| 91k | USS Missouri as seen across the fantail of the USS Kimberly DD-521, 11 October 1945, while enroute to Panama Canal. | Edward H. Cleary | |
| 65k | San Francisco, CA circa 1945. | Marc Piché | |
| 121k | February of 1951 in Charleston, S.C., submitted in memory of Korean War Crewman Joseph Fedynich. | Jonathan Gabel/Donald E. Pribble | |
| 126k | Photograph from Donald E. Pribble, who was Yeoman/Personelman aboard the Kimberly June 1951-January 1954. | Donald E. Pribble | |
| 113k | As above. | Donald E. Pribble | |
| 143k | A great idea done by Don's daughter in honor of her father. | Donald E. Pribble | |
| On Taiwanese Service |
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| 64k | In Taiwanese service as the An Yang, circa 1969. | Marc Piché | |
| 81k | Newsphoto of the sinking of the Kimberly, October 14 2003, in the Southwest small Ryukyu Islands sea area. | - | |
| 14k | Newsphoto of the sinking of the Kimberly, October 14 2003, in the Southwest small Ryukyu Islands sea area. | - | |
| 36k | Newsphoto of the sinking of the Kimberly, October 14 2003, in the Southwest small Ryukyu Islands sea area. | - | |
CDR Harry Smith May 22 1943 - ? CDR James Dickson Whitfield Jr. ? 1944 LCDR Dale Calvin Reed Jan 1946 - May 1 1946 LCDR Thomas Hart Taylor May 1 1946 - Aug 1 1946 (Decommissioned Feb 5 1947 - Feb 8 1951) CDR Oscar Blair Parker Feb 8 1951 - Dec 13 1953 CDR Charles Whitacre Cushman Dec 13 1953 - Jan 16 1954
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